Narendra Modi

Voters in Uttar Pradesh concerned about economy but ruling BJP keeps focus on religion

Lata Mangeshkar (92), a soprano known as the ‘nightingale’ of India, dies with Covid

Memories of overwhelmed hospitals and funeral pyres are fresh as leaders offer mixed message

Thousands of engineers overseeing $50bn undertaking to more than 2.5m miles of pipe

Crack down on Missionaries of Charity as Modi’s government tightens restrictions on NGOs and charities

Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife die in incident near military college in Tamil Nadu state

India to produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles under deal signed in New Delhi

World wrap: Rio cancels NYE party, UK scientists warn about Omicron threat

Indian PM to repeal laws after sit-in protests in which more than 600 protesters died

Vendors also prohibited from selling within 100m of schools, parks and religious places

Cop26 negotiations are ‘optimistic’ but problems are not solved – former French PM

Taoiseach stresses pledge is global and not national on day one of climate summit

Boris Johnson will tell talks that humanity has 'long since run down the clock on climate change'

Truth behind claims Pegasus spyware used for illegal surveillance set to be uncovered

Huge disparity between partly and fully vaccinated people remains

Australia has so far refused to endorse a net zero emissions by 2050 target or double its emissions-cutting target for 2030

Extravagant programme of events criticised as effort to halt slide in PM’s popularity

Family accuses four men of raping low-caste girl and cremating body to hide evidence

Maharashtra state hit by heaviest rain in July in four decades as many still trapped

Residents of danger zones may be evacuated as further downpours forecast

More than 3,000 Indian children have been orphaned during the pandemic

Images of maskless crowds thronging scenic spots and congested roads prompt dismay

Leading virologist warns of potential ‘third wave’ after lockdown restrictions eased

Mucormycosis cases soar to 30,000 from negligible levels within three weeks

Actions will include faster vaccine turnaround and controlling animal-borne diseases

What is on the agenda, who is attending and will Brexit issues be sorted?

Shops have reopened in Delhi and Mumbai, but are permitted to function on alternate days only

The fungus affects recovered and recovering Covid-19 patients, and is linked to an overuse of steroids administered in treating the virus

‘It is a new challenge and things are looking bleak’: Health experts worry about drug shortage

The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life

Search continues for 38 others also on board when Cyclone Tauktae hit on Monday

Ireland blindly followed Boris Johnson but failed to notice the game he was playing

Only three per cent of the country’s 1.3bn people have been fully vaccinated to date

Health secretary Matt Hancock warns variant could ‘spread like wildfire’ among unvaccinated

About 1.7 million new cases and 20,000 deaths reported by India in last week

Footage of some 100 suspected Covid victims in river goes viral as oxygen shortages go on

India reports 4,187 deaths over past 24 hours as experts say real numbers likely higher

PM accused of indifference in face of coronavirus disaster as he campaigned in state elections

Patients die to to lack of oxygen as more than 300,000 new cases reported for a 12th straight day

PM’s overconfidence and missteps partly blamed for devastating second wave